PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jim Armsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Goldbeer Nana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Armsworth has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Armsworth
vs
Goldbeer Nana

180 cm
26
157 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jim Armsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Goldbeer Nana!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armsworth falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Armsworth misses.
Armsworth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nana misses with a takedown attempt

and Armsworth counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Nana's guard now.

Armsworth gets to his feet. Nana looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Nana swats away the attempt to clinch by Armsworth.
Armsworth throws a series of punches but Nana avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nana dodges the punch combination from Armsworth.
Armsworth throws a combination that misses
and Nana counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nana misses with a takedown attempt

and Armsworth counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Armsworth with a flurry of punches that miss.
Armsworth passes Nana's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Armsworth has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Armsworth is controlling the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Armsworth gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Armsworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nana misses with a takedown attempt

and Armsworth counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Armsworth.
Jim Armsworth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Goldbeer Nana.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Armsworth stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nana misses with a takedown
and Armsworth counters with a three punch combo that has Nana backing up. Nana nods at Armsworth to acknowledge the strikes.
Armsworth misses with a wild combination.

Armsworth looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Armsworth seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Armsworth gets to his feet - Nana follows without any prompting.
Nana looks gassed!

Armsworth scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Armsworth tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Nana trying to remain calm as Armsworth controls from the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Armsworth has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Nana is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nana is in a horrible position here. Armsworth smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Armsworth dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Armsworth dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nana misses with a takedown

and Armsworth counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Armsworth.
Armsworth might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Armsworth throwing strikes from guard but Nana blocks nicely.
Nana really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Armsworth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Armsworth stands up and waves to Nana to follow him.
Nana is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Armsworth. Nana does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armsworth throws a leg kick but Nana checks it.
Jim Armsworth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Armsworth misses with a two punch combination.
Armsworth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jim Armsworth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Armsworth gets the takedown into side control.
Armsworth controls the position from side control.
Nana parries the strikes from Armsworth easily there. Armsworth is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nana to escape.
Armsworth working the ground and pound from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Armsworth has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

Armsworth shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Armsworth sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Armsworth lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Armsworth lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Armsworth controlling his opponent.
Jim Armsworth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nana is bucking up trying to escape but Armsworth cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Armsworth dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Armsworth looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Nana!
Armsworth controlling from mount.
Armsworth's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Armsworth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nana can do to turn this around?
Armsworth raining down hammerfists from mount.
Armsworth lands a big shot there that rocks Nana but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Nana takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nana taking shots to the head.

Nana is rocked!
Armsworth postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nana looks a forlorn figure.
Nana is still in real trouble! Can Armsworth finish him?
Armsworth connects with a bit shot that sees Nana covering up! More strikes from Armsworth and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Armsworth is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Armsworth!